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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 340 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Orange County
Orange County has a population of 407,470. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 78,693 cases in the county.
No ozone grade is available for the county in the most recent report. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of B.
Federal monitoring recorded 228 days of good air quality and 38 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 1 day rated unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to certain health conditions, particularly for children and older adults. Where electricity comes from affects how much combustion pollution is produced on the grid.
These figures describe the county as a whole and are not specific to this facility. Sources: American Lung Association – State of the Air (New York); U.S. EPA Air Quality Index.
The story behind this New York renewable energy facility
New York has 567 solar plants in this category, and 100 Lower, on Lower Road in Minisink, ranks #306 of 567 by 2024 electricity produced. It is a solar photovoltaic plant, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity. Owned by Altus Power America Management, LLC, it began operating in 2020 and has a capacity of 2.0 MW, or megawatts, a measure of the most power it can produce at one moment.
In 2024 it generated 3.4 gigawatt-hours, a unit for large amounts of electricity, which is enough for about 340 homes. Its output is carbon-free because sunlight is its only fuel, and it feeds the Orange & Rockland system.
Environmental impact
Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 1,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as the carbon absorbed by about 1,400 acres of forest in a year.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Minisink sits in Orange County, in the heart of the Hudson Valley. Visitors often head to West Point, Storm King Art Center, or Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks. Middletown is the county’s commercial hub for shopping and dining.
Local school district
Minisink Valley Central School District
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* Homes-powered and emissions comparisons are annual estimates based on national averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Homes powered” describes a quantity of electricity, not direct service to specific households. How we calculate this.
